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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 57
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David pleads for mercy and acclaims the glory and exaltation of God.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, AL-TASCHITH, MICHTAM OF DAVID, WHEN HE FLED FROM SAUL IN THE CAVE.</span></center>
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Be</span> merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/57/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ruth 2: 12.">wings</a> will I make my refuge, until <i>these</i> calamities be overpast.
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I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth <i>all things</i> for me.
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He shall send from heaven, and save me <i>from</i> the reproach of him that would swallow me up.  Selah.  God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
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My soul <i>is</i> among lions: <i>and</i> I lie <i>even among</i> them that are set on fire, <i>even</i> the sons of men, whose <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/57/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 30: 14.">teeth</a> <i>are</i> spears and arrows, and their <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/57/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 52: 2; Ps. 64: 3.">tongue</a> a sharp <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/57/4c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 59: 7; Prov. 25: 18.">sword</a>.
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; <i>let</i> thy glory <i>be</i> above all the earth.
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They have prepared a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/57/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 9: 15 (15-16).">net</a> for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/57/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 85.">digged</a> a <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/57/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 14: 3.">pit</a> before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen <i>themselves.</i>  Selah.
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My heart is <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/57/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR steadfast.">fixed</a>, O God, my heart is fixed: I will <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/57/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 108: 1 (1-5); 2 Ne. 22: 5 (5-6); Alma 26: 8; D&C 136: 28.">sing</a> and give praise.
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Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I <i>myself</i> will awake early.
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I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
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For thy mercy <i>is</i> great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: <i>let</i> thy glory <i>be</i> above all the earth.
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